Love, Hate, and Other Filters
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American-born seventeen-year-old Maya Aziz is torn between worlds. There’s the proper one her...
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David McK (3692 KP) rated Jurassic World (2015) in Movies
Aug 16, 2020 (Updated Jun 21, 2022)
In both the real world and the fictional world of this movie.
Set back in the original location of Isla Sorna, this imagines that John Hammond's park has been open to the public for over 20 years: to a public that has largely grown inured to the Dinosaurs and demands a new attraction every 2 years or so.
Enter the genetically engineered hybrid Indominus Rex, which (of course) causes chaos when it gets free of its paddock...
This movie definitely takes its cue from the original film, complete with a pair of siblings lost in the wilderness as the Dino's run amok! For some reason, the effects also seem less impressive than the earlier film (perhaps just because we've gotten used to them? Yes, just like the visitors to the island...), which mixed animatronics with its Special Effects, to great effect.
The Illusions
9.0
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Bristol, 1896. Used to scraping a living as the young assistant to an ageing con artist, Cecily...
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Resilience Thinking: Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World
Brian Walker, David Salt and Walter V. Reid
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Increasingly, cracks are appearing in the capacity of communities, ecosystems, and landscapes to...
Japanese Battleships 1897-1945: A Photographic Archive
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This photographic archive contains some 125 stunning images of the battleships of the Imperial...
Understanding Cyber Risk: Protecting Your Corporate Assets
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A myriad of security vulnerabilities in the software and hardware we use today can be exploited by...
WCOM (World Class Operations Management): Why You Need More Than Lean: 2016
Carlo Baroncelli and Noela Ballerio
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This book deals with World Class Operations Management (WCOM), detailing its principles, methods and...
The Arabian Nights Cookbook: From Lamb Kebabs to Baba Ghanouj, Delicious Homestyle Middle Eastern Cooking
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**2011 Best Arab Cuisine book in the U.S., Gourmand World Cookbook Award** Prepare delicious and...
World Tides 2017
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World Tides uses the Simply Harmonic Formula and harmonic constants provided by the UKHO to give 7...
Merrick (The Vampire Chronicles, #7)
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In her mesmerizing new novel, the author of The Vampire Chronicles and the saga of the Mayfair...